SIR: “We the SE governors have no regret proscribing the IPOB. The group’s activities had endangered the lives of over 12 million Igbos living in the north and other parts of the country. Their activities were also threatening the lives of people from other parts of the country living in the South East. So we had to take the action we took and I have no regret about it,” ~ Gov .Umahi . The above statement credited to this educated… Read more

Ebonyi State government has commenced the data capturing and registration of Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) members from the state. The state Commissioner for Economic Empowerment and Job Creation, Uchenna Orji, disclosed this in Abakaliki. He said the exercise is going on simultaneously in the 13 local government areas of the state. According to him, the present administration has done a lot in the area of youth empowerment. He said the initiative by the state government apart from making the… Read more

•All may be quiet in the agitators’ camp but all is not well yet Now that Nnamdi Kanu and his band of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) agitators have been subdued and quietened, we think that time is now for the Federal Government to embark on deep introspection with a view not only to understanding the grouse of the group but also weighing in with some rapprochement in the southeast. The IPOB uprising and its vanquishing would surely be recorded… Read more

Mr. Segun Adeniyi, the former spokesman to late President Umaru Yara’dua, on Monday urged Nigerians to see themselves as allies and strive for a better country. Adeniyi made the call in a paper he delivered at “The Platform,” an annual programme organised by Covenant Christian Centre to awaken national consciousness. He said the challenges facing the country would be surmounted if all Nigerians approached them with unity of purpose. Adeniyi declared that the country’s problems were not rooted in ethnicity… Read more

The Advocate of Social Justice for All has threatened to occupy the embassy of United Kingdom if the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu is not extradited to Nigeria. The group in a statement by its Executive Director, Asongo Venatius , said it was disappointed to learn that the Kanu is hiding in the United Kingdom after illegally travelling through Cameroon and Malaysia. According to Venatius, this implies that the UK is harbouring a fugitive from Justice… Read more

The secessionist insurrection of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) took a dramatic turn in the week ended Saturday, September 23, during which the secessionist group was proscribed and its erstwhile boastful leader, Nnamdi Kanu, took to his heels when confronted with fired up soldiers. Reminds you of Biafra 1 – Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu - who also went on the lam when federal troops closed in on him back in January 1970? At least, Ojukwu walked the talk of war,… Read more

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment at leaders of communities where agitations have sprout in the country in recent times. The President made this known on Sunday in his Independence Day message to the nation. According to him, those who are agitating for a re-run were not born by 1967 and have no idea of the horrendous consequences of the civil conflict which the country went through. The message reads in full: My dear Nigerians, October 1st remains a special… Read more

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment that responsible leaders did not warn hot-headed youths against agitating for secession of a part of the country. In his Independence Day broadcast on Sunday, Buhari said the leaders in the communities should have told the agitators what the country went through during the civil war over Biafra. “ I am very disappointed that responsible leaders of these communities do not warn their hot-headed youths what the country went through. “Those who were there… Read more

Members of a non-governmental organization - Coalition for the Defence of Nigeria Sovereignty- yesterday stormed the embassy of United States (US) in Lagos,asking Washington to keep off issues bordering on Nigeria’s sovereignty. The protesters who were reacting to the recent pronouncement of the US that it does not regard the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation, said the activities of IPOB separatist movement are similar in nature to those that attract jail terms in the US They… Read more

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said the various military operations going on across the country to deal with the various security challenges would be sustained, noting that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group, is not in military custody. Defence Spokesman, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, stated this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday. Enenche also said that the exercises were being carried out by the armed forces not only to tackle the challenges but to… Read more

The Coalition for the Defence of Nigeria's Sovereignty has declared that the position of the United States of America over the declaration of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group by the Federal Government, is highly condemnable. The group, during a protest on Friday, made the declaration while commiserating with Nigerians who fell victim of the activities of IPOB loyalists in Abia state and other parts of the South-East. Speaking at the protest venue, Otunba Bolaji Alabi, the National… Read more

Democracy in Nigeria is a precious gift to every Nigerian. That it has survived uninterrupted for over 17 years, since its return in 1999 is a big plus to the active players of the game and every other Nigerian. It is more a plus and applause to the Nigerian military under the current leadership for their absolute subordination to civil authority and faith in democracy. It is an apt expression of the determination of all stakeholders to uphold and defend… Read more

The Igbo have voted for the restructuring of Nigeria, saying it is the way out of its problems. Besides, Ohanaeze, Ndigbo’s apex cultural and political organisation, yesterday rejected the declaration of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation. It described the action as “unfair, discriminatory and overhanded.” Ohanaeze’s President-General John Nnia Nwodo said the Southeast had been over policed to intimidate and hold down the Igbo. According to him, the endurance of the Igbo is being stretched… Read more